A1Basics
Was möchten Sie essen?
What would you like to eat? (formal)
In German
Was möchten Sie essen?
Vas merch-ten zee es-sen?
🇬🇧 English
What would you like to eat? (formal)
🇪🇸 Español
¿Qué le gustaría comer?
🇮🇹 Italiano
Cosa vorrebbe mangiare?
Sentence Breakdown
| Word | Translation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Was | What | Interrogative pronoun |
| möchten | would like | Modal verb, Konjunktiv II |
| Sie | you (formal) | Formal pronoun |
| essen | eat | Infinitive verb |
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Grammar Point
W-Frage (Was), Modalverb (Möchten)
Variations
Haben Sie Hunger?
Are you hungry?
Was darf es sein?
What may it be? (common in restaurants)
Related
How are you? (informal)
Wie geht es dir?
Vee geet es deer?
When are you coming back? (formal)
Wann kommen Sie zurück?
Van kom-men zee tsoo-rook?
Where do you come from? (formal)
Woher kommen Sie?
Vo-HAIR KOM-men Zee?
Where can I buy a ticket?
Wo kann ich ein Ticket kaufen?
Voh kan ich eye-n tik-ket kow-fen?
Can you show me the way? (formal)
Können Sie mir den Weg zeigen?
Kern-nen zee meer den vayk tzy-gen?
What is your phone number? (formal)
Was ist Ihre Telefonnummer?
Vas ist ee-reh te-le-fon-num-mer?